Corset



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3,599,,39 v. BUCHANAN I consm' Original Filed July 28. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY sewn M,1926.. I 1599 639 V. UCHANAN CORSET Original Filed July '28. 1921 2 Shgets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

VITA BUCHANAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

Application filed July 28, 1921.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and the same has for its object to provide a corset which will fit perfectly, be comfortable tothe wearer, and which will permit of the same being conformed fully to the figure of the wearer.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset which may be readily adjusted to the figure, and be conformedat its lower rear edge. closely to the buttocks of the wearer.

Further, said invention has for its object 1 to provide a corset havin a seat portion which may be conformed cIosely to the buttocks of the wearer without producing a ridge or line at its lower edge which will be visible through the skirt or garment worn over the same.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset having an elastic insert or seat portion at its lower rear edge which.

may be drawn snugly over, and closely conformed to the buttocks of thewearer insuch manner that its lower edgewill not be v1s1ble through the skirt worn over the-same.

Further, said invention'hasifor its object to provide a corset having an, elastic insert or seat portion which is yieldi ng in a vertical direction, and also in lateral and diagonal directions at each side in order to cause said insert or seat to fit snugly over the buttocks of the wearer when the parts are duly secured in position.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, my invention consists in the novel details of construction, and inthe combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an illustrative View showing one form of corset, constructed according "to,

' and embodying my said invention, in position uponthewearer;

- Fig. 2, isa back or outside .view, spread out, showing a front lace corset, and

. Fig. 3. is a partial back view showingthe. invention in aemodified form inorder to adapt the same to an open front or back lace corset, i v

In said drawings, referring to Figs. 1- and 2, 10 designates a corset which for the pur- Serial No. 488,081.

1 reversely curve Renewed June 12, 1926.

pose of illustrating my invention is herein shown as wholly closed at the back and open at its front or meeting edges, and provided along said meeting edges with eyelets 11, to receive a suitable lace.

The body of the corset is made-0f inelastic fabric and is provided at each side with vertical casings 13, and at the center of the back are provided a pair of shorter casings 1 1. Intermediate the side casings 13 and the meeting edges are provided casings 15,

and intermediate said side casings 13 and the back casings 14 are casings 16. 17 denotes parallel, closely arranged casings along the front meeting edges of the corset. The said casings 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are adapted to receive the usual stays.

The lower rear edge of the corset intermed Late the casings 16,. which constitutes essentially the seat portion of the garment, is cut away, and in place thereof an elastic insert 18 is secured thereto.

The said elastic insert 18 has its opposite edges substantially vertical and parallel, and secured to the body of the corset along the inner opposing edges of the casings 1-6. The upper edge. of said insert 18 is curved downwardly from its opposite corners and is secured along said curved edge to the lower cut-away. edge of the corset directly below the lower ends of the back casings 14:.

The lower ed e of the elastic insert 18 is and has its lower corners extended to form downwardly and outwardly extending members or straps 19.

20 denotes stocking supporters which are secured at their upper ends to the ends of the straps or members. 19 and extend diagonallydownwar'd and forward, and are provided at their free ends with attaching devices 21 adapted to engage the upper edge or hem of the stocking at the outer side of the l I 22 and 23, respectively, denote the usual side and front stockingsupporters.

Fig. 13 illustrates a modification in which the elastic seat, is formed in two similarly shaped halves or parts in order to adapt the same to a corset'which-is laced or open at the back. y

In said figure, the corset halves or parts 10. are provided' at their rear edges with eyelets 11 to receive one or more lac-es 12. Each co'rsethalf or part-10 is cut out at its rear lower corner to accommodate an elastic elastic seat part 18 is provided with a dia onal strip or :member 19' which exten s downwardly an'd forwardly as in the mam I construction above described, and to its free end is secured the upper end of a stocking sup orter 20.

T e elastic threads of the msert 18 extend vertically, that is to say, up and down, and include the members or straps 19 so that the said insert and members 19 W11]. be more yielding in a vertical directionthan in a transverse or horizontal .directlon, whereby, when the insert 18, and the members or 'straps 19, are placed under tension or strain by the stocking supporters 20, the lower ed e of the insert 18 will be drawn taut, an the insert itself caused to embrace snugly the buttocks oi the wearer.

The operation of the corset Wlll be obvious from the foregoing description. It is merely necessary to note that by reason of the fact that the elastic insert or seat, in each construction above described, 1s more yieldingly in a vertical and diagonal direction than in a horizontal or transverse direction, the instant the same and the straps or members 19, 19 are placed under tension the lower curved edge of the insert tends to assume a more or less horizontal form, and as the insert is shorter at its middle than at its oppositeends it follows that the insert will conform readily to the rounded or hemispherical form of the buttocks, and give a finished line to the lower rear edge of the corset.

. 7 Having thus described my said invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A corset comprising a substantially inelastic body part adapted to be secured together to confine the body of the wearer, an elastic seat, and means at the outer lower corners of said elastic seat extendin agonally, downwardly and outwardly t erefrom for holding said seat under tension substantially as specified.

2. A corset comprising a substantially inelastic bod part, means for securing the same toget er, an elastic seat at the ower rear portion of said body part, and members extending diagonally, downwardly and outwardly from the outer lower corners of said elastic seat, and securin means extending from said members a apted to engage with the stocking of the wearer, substantially as specified.

'3. A corset comprising a substantially insaid seat and adapted for connection with 70 extending diagonally, downwardly and outwardly from the outer lower corners of said elastic seat adapted for securement to the stockings of the wearer for holding said seat under tension, substantially as specified.

4. A'corset comprising a substantially inelastic body part, an elastic seat secured to the lower rear portion of said body part; said seat having a transversely narrow intermediate portion and relatively wide sides, and members formed integrally. therewith extendin diagonally downwardly and outwardly rom the outer lower corners of the stockings of the wearer for holding said seat under tension, substantially as specified.

5. A corset comprising a substantially inelastic body part, an elastic seat, yielding essentially in a vertical direction, secured to the lower rear portion of said body part; said seat having vertical side edges and oppositely inwardly curved horizontal edges, elastic members formed integrally with said seat and extending diagonally downwardly and outwardly from the outer lower corners of said seat, and securing means extending from said members and adapted for connection with the stockings of the wearer for holding said seat under tension, substantially as specified. Y

6. A corset comprising a substantially inelastic body part, an elastic seat formed of two similarly shaped parts, means for securing said parts together, an elastic member formed integrally with each of said seatparts and extending downwardly and outwardly from the outer corner thereof, and securing means extending from said members and adapted for connection with the stockings of the wearer for holding said Zea; under tension, substantially as speci- 7. A corset comprising a body portion and a vertically yielding seat and means, extending from said seat substantially in the direction in which said seat is yielding, "adapted for securement to the stockings for holding said seat under tension, substantially as specified.

8. A corset comprising a body portion and a seat secured therein, said seat having elastic threads disposed vertically with respect to said body portion and means, ex- 1 tending from said .seat substantially in the direction in which said seat is yielding, adapted for securement to the stockings for hol ingsaid seat under tension, substantially as specified.

9. A corset comprising a body portion and an elastic insert secured therein forming a seat; said insert havin elastic threads extending essentially vertica ly with respect to said body portion and members, extending from said seat substantially in the direction in which said seat is yielding, adapted for securement to the stockings for holding said seat under tension, substantiallyas I specified.

Signed at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, New York County, in the State of New York, this 27th day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

VITA BUCHANAN. 

